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A medical illness or injury that you have before you start a new health care plan may be considered a pre-existing condition. Conditions like diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cancer, and sleep apnea, may be examples of pre-existing health conditions.
A pre-existing medical condition (PEMC) is an illness or injury you had before your policy began or was renewed. Examples of pre-existing medical conditions include, diabetes, asthma, high cholesterol or a long-term back condition.
The time period during which a health plan won't pay for care relating to a pre-existing condition. Under a job-based plan, this cannot exceed 12 months for a regular enrollee or 18 months for a late-enrollee.
If your health plan is fully compliant with the ACA and obtained in either the individual/family market or the employer-sponsored market, you no longer need to worry about pre-existing condition exclusion periods.
Under the Affordable Care Act, health insurance companies can't refuse to cover you or charge you more just because you have a “pre-existing condition” — that is, a health problem you had before the date that new health coverage starts.
It applies to any medical condition that you saw your doctor about the five years before the start date on your health insurance. For example, you might take out a policy and then go and see your GP about some back pain you've been experiencing.
If you are joining a fully insured group health plan in California, the maximum exclusion period is 6 months. If you are joining a self-insured group health plan, the maximum exclusion period is 12 months. You will receive credit toward your pre-existing condition exclusion period for any previous continuous coverage.
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In the health insurance world, a pre-existing condition is any injury, sickness or condition that exists before the date an insurance policy takes effect. Examples include asthma, diabetes, anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and so on.
“Depending on the policy, this is the 60 to 180 day period before the day the policy was purchased,” he said. “If a traveler had any changes to their medical status during that period, including a new diagnosis, a decline in health or a change in prescription, that condition will be considered a preexisting condition.”
Examples of some pre-existing diseases are thyroid, hypertension, and diabetes. Generally, the waiting period for pre-existing disease in health insurance plans is 1-4 years.
Failure to disclose pre-existing conditions not only jeopardizes the chances of successful claims but may also lead to the cancellation of the policy in extreme cases.
While insurers generally determine the presence of a pre-existing condition based on an applicant's current health status, sometimes a healthy applicant can be deemed to have a pre-existing condition based on a past health problem or evidence of treatment for a particular condition.
Health insurance companies cannot refuse coverage or charge you more just because you have a “pre-existing condition” — that is, a health problem you had before the date that new health coverage starts.
A pre-existing condition exclusion period limits the number of benefits that an insurer has to provide for specific medical conditions and does not apply to medical benefits afforded by a health insurance policy for other types of care.
A pre-existing condition might be mild – for example, seasonal allergies or acne treated with simple medications. Or it could be more serious or require more costly treatment – such as diabetes, heart disease, or cancer.
A few common examples of pre-existing conditions include high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, and asthma. Previous injuries might be considered pre-existing conditions, depending on their severity and any lasting effects.
According to Healthcare.gov, pregnancy is not considered a pre-existing condition. So if you were pregnant at the time that you applied for new health coverage: You can't be denied coverage due to your pregnancy. You can't be charged a higher premium because of your pregnancy.
Pre-existing conditions are the medical issues themselves, while the acute onset of pre-existing conditions is the sudden and unexpected recurrence of a pre-existing condition.
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